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Message:: [QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 8300202, member: 120820"]Helvetica's spreadsheets are an extraordinary time saver - I use them multiple times almost every day! The key to attributing LRBs is to regard it as a multiple choice selection between alternatives that can be narrowed down by recognizing aspects such as type, obverse, etc. The spreadsheets are a very fast way to do this - not only to present all the alternatives, but to let you narrow them down by (as Victor said) using the filters to select any bits that you can unambiguously recognize. e.g. If all you are sure about for above coin is that the mintmark starts with "dot S", then you can enter that in the mintmark column filter and it will massively narrow the choices. In this case you'll see that the only mintmarks that start with "dot S" and also end in dot are from Heraclea, and you're almost done! Even if the mintmark may appear to start as "star S" vs "dot S", the spreadsheet will show that it not one of the choices available, and a quick scan of the options would suggest "dot S" instead.[/QUOTE]